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The China Journal no.93 (January 2025) is available online: journals.uchicago.edu/toc/tc… #tcj93 #ChinaStudies @anu_china
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🚗🔋 Many think Beijing masterfully planned China's EV takeover. Fengming Lu (@ANUBellSchool ) and I spent 3 years and 60 interviews finding out what actually happened in our latest article @TheChinaJournal. A thread 🧵
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Why did private firms, not state-owned enterprises (SOEs), come to dominate China’s EV sector? My new @ChinaJournal article (co-authored with Xiao Ma @maxiaoalex) challenge the "top-down industrial policy" narrative. The real engine? Strategic alliances between local governments and private capital. 🧵 Based on 3 years of fieldwork, 60 interviews (with officials, entrepreneurs, and engineers), and rich first-hand accounts, we show how strict central regulations inadvertently drove local states to bet big on private EV players. Here is the story: (1/15)
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An extraordinarily reflective review of my book "The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping" by the great John Fitzgerald journals.uchicago.edu/doi/fu…
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This AHEAD OF PRINT article from The China Journal examines the support of the authoritarian regime in China by separating the assessment into two parts: support of the ruling power and support of the administrative power. Learn more here: ow.ly/bEoY50Ylqji @anu_china
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“Morris argues for the importance of interdependence and internationalism against a rising tide of isolationism and narrow nationalism”. Jocelyn Chey’s review of my book in this month’s @TheChinaJournal journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10…
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I know authoritarianism in the US is the new thing, but well, I also continue to study authoritarianism in China. Here's my newest piece, just published in @TheChinaJournal This article traces changes in the intellectual school of New Leftism in China: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10… 1/
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🧵1/ NEW ARTICLE: “Vanishing Quotas” — a deep dive into how the CCP under Xi Jinping is quietly but systematically dismantling Tibetan political representation in favour of Han dominance. @TheChinaJournal A thread.👇
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How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect China's national power? This article from The China Journal investigates this question by analyzing the government's mangagement of the domestic economy and its utilization of soft power. Read it here: ow.ly/kRsR50VU11C @anu_china
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New paper➡️“Disappearing Research: Academic Control and Self-Censorship in China.”@enplantan and I reveal how China’s Party-State controls research and how that affected the landscape of social science scholarship since 1985. Research is disappearing. 1/7 journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10…
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Call for Papers 2025 China in the World Forum: Common Prosperity and Inequality in China | 19–21 AUGUST To examine inequality in all its forms in contemporary China and state responses under the rubric of “common prosperity”. Apply by 31 January 2025. bit.ly/3DkZhpl

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CIW CHINA STUDIES FELLOWSHIPS (February 2025 - January 2026) — Applications Open! We welcome applications from all eligible Australian citizens who are committed to Chinese language and/or China studies . More details: bit.ly/3YgHOW1
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From The China Journal, this article discerns three major stances taken by Chinese citizens online concerning the Russia-Ukraine War. Find out more here: ow.ly/enRG50SURHP @anu_china
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Professor Cheng-Chwee Kuik will deliver the 2024 ANU China in the World Forum keynote address, exploring the nuanced differences and shifts in middle-state alignment choices. Register: bit.ly/3zEWs0C
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Really happy to have my new paper out in @TheChinaJournal I argue the “rise of Party law” (党内法规体系) is changing the Party from within *and* its relationship to the state If you fancy a read should be no paywall for first 50 downloads journals.uchicago.edu/eprint…
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The China Journal no.92 (July2024) is ahead of print! journals.uchicago.edu/toc/tc… #tcj92 #chinastudies

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Excited for the new publication in @TheChinaJournal w my grad student and soon incoming @Uva_EAC post-doc @WendyZhou502 on #Chinese public sentiments about #Russia's war in #Ukraine. Free copy for first 50 clicks here: journals.uchicago.edu/eprint…. Thread with our arguments below

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